MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Computer Merchant, Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2025

Filed

Aug 21, 2025

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

366state residents only

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Computer Merchant, Ltd. →

The Computer Merchant, a Massachusetts-based IT staffing and payroll solutions provider, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a July 2024 cyberattack. The incident involved a ransomware attack where an unauthorized third party acquired personal information, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, for 366 New Hampshire residents. The company discovered the data was posted on the dark web in January 2025. Notification letters were mailed starting August 19, 2025, offering one year of IDX credit monitoring. The company reset passwords, rebuilt systems, and deployed additional safeguards.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d33 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 184 days

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 232 days

Jul 1, 2024

Begins

Jan 1, 2025

Discovered

Aug 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by play about this victim predates this filing by 419 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteplaybd_6d00600f90f10c7c2024-07-15 · +402dVerified

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_29c30c22f0deaab42025-08-21Verified
California State AGbd_2b56afa7cd4618742025-08-21Verified
Washington State AGbd_785d79b5b8ebd3b32025-08-21Verified
Maine State AGbd_dfa81e3bb03611292025-08-21Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 2d gap

Texas State AGbd_09053f36a57de9092025-08-22 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_80c1facf470aa5792025-08-20 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_0bc9cb0fb948677e2025-08-19 · +2dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_59bcb7c5698db8fd2025-08-19 · +2dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_6282f30064c7ed082025-08-19 · +2dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: The Computer Merchant, Ltd.
norm: the computer merchant
Domain: itstaffing.com

Name: The Computer Merchant, Ltd.
norm: the computer merchant
Domain: itstaffing.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2024
Undetected for: 184 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 19, 2025
Affected individuals: 366state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged a data-review firm to analyze the contents of those files
Retrieved files from the dark web
Reset passwords
Rebuilt the affected systems
Deployed additional employee training
Adopted additional technical safeguards
Established a toll-free call center
Changes made: Reset passwords
Rebuilt the affected systems
Deployed additional employee training
Adopted additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(232 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 19 · first

Vermont State AGAug 19 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 19 · first

Montana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

Texas State AG+3d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/computer-merchant-20250821.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2025
Raw hash: 845074c38867009aa6059fc70d71cb2205e3312ebd9afc56fb3a408625802794

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Computer Merchant, Ltd.

Victim entityThe Computer Merchant, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2025

Stated responseEngaged a data-review firm to analyze the contents of those files

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov